Red dots, yes, not a real dot, but it is real, it's light, like flashlight. But something that is actually not there, cats has the senses that lets them know if something is there or not. Especially if they are close enough. Their whiskers also gives them senses, plus helps with their direction. Cut just one whisker, maybe two and it will screw them up big time.

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Leaning against the wall, watching the others rush by him, he grins. "Go ahead, go get that treasure that's laying there. Be more for me after you die."

Keeping the fantasy genre in mind, that was based off a quote from The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. When the cat easily sees through a magical disguise, the other characters are shocked but he tells them, “No cat out of its first fur was ever deceived by appearances, unlike human beings, who seem to enjoy it.”

Also, yes we have all seen cats staring at things that aren’t there, but in myths and folklore, that’s because cats can see things that we can’t. This even holds true in modern tales like Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye, where am ordinary, unawakened cat is the only one who can see the monster that tries to kill the little girl.

A bit of background for the initial chapter of the campaign. You will be part of a large government sponsored caravan. Before we start, I'll propose a series of options for beginning that will alter the events of the first module. Exploration and the claiming of sites/artifacts for your faction will be one part of the story. Another part with be mysteries involving the drastic changes occurring around the empire. The continent you are all on is about the size of the Sahara desert. The current version of the empire controls the eastern most portion north to south. Large barriers separate the borders of the empire and the wilds. Expect strange anomalies and stranger creatures. Murder hoboing everything while an option, isn't the best option all the time. My live group that tested the game had some tragedies early on. The difference is I added faction specific boons for you guys. They only got generic ones.